A few weeks ago, armed men stole two vehicles in Jenin of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). One belonged to the Police and the other to the Ministry of Agriculture. The robbery was in response to the arrest of a man engaged in money transfers, suspicious of giving funds to the Islamic Jihad. Not only did the thieves refuse to return the stolen vans, but they drove triumphally through the streets of the Refugee Camp flying the Jihad flag and shooting in the air. Angered by the open challenge and desirous of demonstrating that the PNA would be able to manage the Gaza Strip in case of a truce, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered to enter the Refugee Camp and arrest the armed militiamen. Hence, on December 14, the largest round of arrests took place in ten years, leaving two militiamen dead, in one of the main Palestinian cities of the West Bank. The incident has its own relevance in the struggle that the Palestinian Authority, with its popularity in tatters, is waging to be able to sit at a possible negotiations table with Israel if and when the Gulf monarchies, together with the United States and the European Union, are able to impose a truce.

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